Just eight weeks ago, it looked as if the race for first place in the 2024 European elections could be particularly exciting. In the last seat projection in September, the Social Democrats (S&D) had made up considerable ground and the European People’s Party’s (EPP) lead was the smallest it had almost ever been in this […]
The climate crisis is accompanied by another crisis that has received little political attention so far: the water crisis. Yesterday, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) became the first European institution to present plans to tackle it. In parallel, a coalition of European NGOs published a position paper calling for a new EU law […]
Banks and investment companies have an indirect influence on the real economy through the financing of companies and investments in corresponding projects. However, the central banks have the greatest influence and, at the same time, the greatest responsibility. Not only do they act as role models for commercial banks, they also control their financing and […]
April 4, 2017 is a memorable day in European history. On that day, the Hungarian Parliament passed the “Lex CEU” – a law intended to banish the Central European University from Hungary. Since the fall of the Soviet regime, until that day, we in Europe could live in the illusion that academic freedom was such […]
What will be the focus of the next SOTEU (State of the European Union), to use the jargon in the European bubble? There is a lot of speculation in Brussels at the moment. Opinions differ, but everyone agrees that von der Leyen’s speech on Sept. 13 will close the cycle she opened in December 2019 […]
In mid-July, the Commission presented its package of measures for sustainable European freight transport. The initiative was eagerly awaited by the industry, because in view of the increasing demand for transport in the future, it is clear that it is high time to push ahead with decarbonization in freight transport now. If this does not […]
The vote on the Nature Restoration Law was a dramatic moment in the European Parliament. This was not only due to the close result but also to the unusually sharp confrontation: While the Social Democratic S&D, Greens, Left and a majority of the liberal Renew Group supported the law, the Christian Democratic Conservative EPP aggressively […]
After 18 months, more than 40 technical meetings and around 90 recitals, the AI Act cleared a major hurdle with the EU Parliament’s vote. The entire European AI industry is watching closely what happens next. Because for many young tech companies in particular, this is a matter of existence. As founder and CEO of a […]
The parliamentarians of the ENVI Committee will vote on June 15 on the Nature Restoration Law as proposed by the Vice-President of the European Commission and Green Deal leader Frans Timmermans. And this vote is drawing all the attention of the Brussels bubble right now. Meanwhile, the negotiations resemble a political contest worthy of House […]
EU agriculture ministers will meet in Brussels next Tuesday. One of the main courses will be talks with the Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture, who will attend the meeting. Also on the menu: Portugal’s agriculture minister will talk about the drought in his country and its impact on the national agricultural sector.A distinctive feature of the […]